I have a sussex rooster and 5 copper maran hens. I plan on getting an incubator and hatching their eggs. What colour and size will the birds be and how many eggs should they lay? My marans lay about 3 eggs per bird per week. Sussex are supposed to lay 5 eggs per week (I think). I want to know as...
Ringneck pheasants in my opinion are an interesting bird and I would like to keep some in with my hens when I get them. How many eggs do they lay a year and do they go broody? I would like to hatch my own. I presume they need their wings clipped and game bird pellets.
I will soon be getting 6 sussex chickens a cockeral and 5 hens. Does anybody know the cheapest place to source hens and roosters near Herefordshire in the uk? If not I will have to get my birds online. Another question I have is red mite. About three years ago we got a free coop and it was full...